I just use a soft ordinary "lead" (ie: graphite) pencil on vinyl tags. I have tags written 15 years ago, exposed to the elements, and not faded at all. .............. > "I have heard that writing with a high carbon pencil on zinc produces a > chemical reaction such that there is nothing to fade, so technically such a > label and stake will last a lifetime. But I haven’t tried that." > > --Lee Poulsen > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…